Established in 2004, the Hawaiʻi Island Going Home Consortium brings together more than 80 organizations, agencies, and community partners dedicated to supporting justice-involved individuals through reentry and restoration.
Through collaboration, cultural connection, and shared community solutions, the Consortium works to create pathways for housing, employment, education, healing, and long-term success across Hawaiʻi Island.

Justice-Lived Experience Advisory Group (JLEAG)

Committee Chair: Michelle Manalo, Going Home Hawai`i

• ​Serves to provide valuable lived-experience insights and perspectives, contributing to the efforts of the consortium aimed at improving outcomes for justice-involved persons.​

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Health & Wellness

Committee Co-Chairs: Michelle Fei, United Healthcare, Justice Liaison & Trillium Simington, GHH

• Create a collaborative approach to provide medical, mental and substance use treatment to persons through the coordination of multiple support services.

Career Pathways 

​Committee Chair: Denise Pacheco,
DLIR Workforce Development

• ​Division Reduces employment barriers by building a network of supportive employers, prepare job seekers, and increase employment opportunities through access to vocational training and higher education.

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Housing

Committee Chair: 

• ​Provides supportive services to persons in the criminal legal system in need of housing, and to create access to additional affordable housing opportunities in the community.

Faith-Based Organizations

Committee Chair​: Maria Jampolsky, Interfaith Communities in Action (ICIA)\

• ​Serves individuals and families in transition with educational, spiritual, and mentoring components on an interfaith level.

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Justice Partners

Committee Chair: Amanda Makio, County of Hawai'i Prosecuting Attorney's Office

• ​Works together in close collaboration with the adult​ judicial system to create more effective partnerships.

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West Hawaii Coalition

Committee Chair: 

• ​Support justice-involved persons with obtaining appropriate housing and access to needed health and wellness services in West Hawai’i.

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Executive Committee

Committee Co-Chairs​: Les Estrella, GHH CEO

• Plans and coordinates the activities of the consortium and its projects, organizes communication through various media venues to educate the community about Going Home’s efforts, identifies funding priorities, and builds support through legislative advocacy.

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Consortium Guest Presenters 

Each month, the Hawaiʻi Island Going Home Consortium welcomes guest speakers to share insights on topics related to reentry, restoration, healing, and community reintegration. Each presentation is followed by a question-and-answer session that encourages discussion, collaboration, and learning among community members and service providers.
To watch recordings of past guest speakers, simply click on their image below. All presentations are also available on our YouTube channel.